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Georgia Governor Defends Reopening Decision After Trump’s Criticism
Coronavirus // April 23, 2020

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who was against COVID-19 stay-at-home mandates from the start, is preparing to open the state on Friday (April 24), despite the advice of medical experts, President Trump and even some of his own constituents. During the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday...

Oracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
Legal // February 26, 2020

Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle donated between $25,000 and $99,999 to the project last year, according to a new political giving report posted on the company’s website this...

If Elected, Bloomberg To Divest Media Company
Business // February 19, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg plans to sell his multibillion-dollar financial data and media company Bloomberg L.P. if he wins the presidency, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Feb. 18). The campaign said that Bloomberg would “first put the company in a blind trust” before...

White House Wants Extension For Part Of Huawei Ban
International // June 10, 2019

The White House Office of Management and Budget is seeking an extension to implement the ban on working with Huawei, the Chinese telecom company. Reuters, citing the White House Office of Management and Budget, reported the government needs two more years to issue the rules...

Interviews & Exclusives
As Goes The MoneyGram Deal, So Goes China, U.S. Tech Collaboration?

January 05, 2018
A pretty good songster named Paul McCartney sang once that “in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” To shift that a bit for business – because, really, Beatles lyrics are applicable to anything – the deals you take are equal to the deals you make. And if recent […]

CFPB’s Change Of Payday Lending’s Heart?

August 29, 2017
The final payday lending rules are coming, but reporting by The Wall Street Journal over the weekend suggests that they may not take quite the toll on the lending industry as once thought. The Consumer Financial...

Quick Reads
Big Business Takes Up Arms Against WeChat Ban

August 13, 2020
President Trump’s threat to ban WeChat in the U.S. has shaken the stock markets and is now roiling the corporate world. Shares of Tencent Holdings, its parent company, fell as much as 10 percent on Friday (Aug. 7) hours after the president issued his ban, which would take effect in 45 days. The president included […]

Georgia Governor Defends Reopening Decision After Trump’s Criticism

April 23, 2020
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who was against COVID-19 stay-at-home mandates from the start, is preparing to open the state on Friday (April 24), despite the advice of medical experts, President...

Oracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals

February 26, 2020
Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle donated between $25,000 and $99,999 to the project...

If Elected, Bloomberg To Divest Media Company

February 19, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg plans to sell his multibillion-dollar financial data and media company Bloomberg L.P. if he wins the presidency, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Feb. 18)....